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Democrats can blame Obama

The Lowell Sun

Updated:
02/22/2016 09:47:16 AM EST

How on earth do Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton get away with it?

Listening to them debate, one would never know we've had a Democrat in the White House for the last eight years. They're talking about the lousy job market, persistent low wages, income inequality, the huge debt burden on our college graduates and the ever present war on women.

How does Obama get a pass for the dire straits we find ourselves in? I realize it's a delicate balance for Hillary, who was part of Obama's first administration, to criticize him while also looking for his endorsement. Now a few might say it's not all Obama's fault. He couldn't get the Republicans to give him a blank check. Well, he got enough blank checks to run the national debt to $19 trillion.

And let's not forget, Obama got his "Affordable" Care Act (Obamacare) passed without any Republican support. He got the Dodd-Frank Act to "reform" the financial industry. He pretty much took over the student loan industry. And he got almost $900 billion to stimulate the economy early in his first term.

That was supposed to be for the shovel-ready jobs that he later admitted were really not quite ready. But it made for a good sound bite at the time. And when you don't have substance there's nothing like a good sound bite to create the impression you know what you're doing.

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